Rumor: WWE Planning Major Pushes for Corbin and Strowman

WWE is currently rumored to be working on plans for major pushes for both Baron Corbin and Braun Strowman this year, according to the Wrestling Observer, with Strowman’s already underway.

Both are being groomed as potential top stars for their respective brands but at the moment, WWE is rumored to view Baron Corbin as the potential bigger star of the two. Supposedly, WWE sees Corbin more likely to be a consistent main event talent for SmackDown while the goal for Strowman’s major push is likely for Roman Reigns’ or Brock Lesnar’s benefit in the end. Roman Reigns is still penciled in as the top star for RAW and for the main event against Brock Lesnar at next year’s WrestleMania.

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Mike

I hope braun goes over roman and gets to fued with lesnar. Lets push reigns down for a bit turn him heel after the braun loss turn lesnar a face or more of a tweener. The constant roman superman thing is just as bad if not worse than super cena.

Roman is a good talent a good worker but just zero charisma. He needs a heel turn so badly to help him but for some reason vince won’t do it

Hue

Preaching to the choir, my friend. Vince has a huge boner for the guy for one reason: his merchandise sells.

We’re just going to see another super Cena bury other talents for a long time.

Calvin

I love, love, love, LOVE, the look of both of these guys. They epitomize what a big man should look like in the wrestling business.

So glad both of them are in the WWE.

Creature_of_the_Night

That means nothing when you “love, love, love” everything WWE does.

Come to think of it – what you say means nothing no matter what.

Calvin

It mattered enough for you to comment.

Pipebomb!

Dabrasko

Boom!!

Creature_of_the_Night

Let’s push two boring guys with no personality!

AWESOME!

Creature_of_the_Night

5 million or else.

FinnMcInnes

Or else what, you knob? They could get a billion viewers and you’d still hate on WWE. So your “or else” is an empty threat, like all your other threats.

Don Piano ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

He’s threatened me and my family with violence non-stop for the past 3 years.

Don’t worry about it.

Creature_of_the_Night

You reap what you sow.

Be a prick?

Don’t be surprised.

I’d PAY to get your info.

Don Piano ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

I’m not hard to find, bubba.

You got a smartphone?

Joe Antkiewicz

Wait which one of you guys is the heel?

Don Piano ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

He is.

Dabrasko

lol I gave you an address to meet me and you puss’d out !!

Creature_of_the_Night

Fake.

Dabrasko

You fucking coward!!! It’s legit!

The Governor

You won’t do shit and you know it.

Typical keyboard warrior (coward).

FinnMcInnes

He once threatened to stab me, which was a relief because at first I thought he was threatening to rape me.

Creature_of_the_Night

That threat was to another account – yet you said “me”.

Hmmmmmmm.

FinnMcInnes

No it was to me, Finn McInnes, I kept the original; email altert I got from Disqus, if you’d like me to reproduce.

Creature_of_the_Night

Why would WWE getting a billion mean that I have to like it? or even that it is any good for that matter – people wacthing something doesn’t mean it’s good – I don’t follow crowds. I think for myself.

I’m too strong minded for that.

FinnMcInnes

That was’t the point. Are you dyslexic or something? You said “Or else” and I said, “or else what you’d badmouth WWE either way.” Empty threats and pointless repetitive statements.

Don Piano ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

I like it. Two big man workers who are homegrown.

Baron Corbin has really improved over the past few months. And Braun Strowman is growing on me.

I look forward to seeing what WWE does with them.

Creature_of_the_Night

I was reading a review of Wrestlemania V – A Wrestlemania I LOVE by the way – and the idiot criticized them for having 14 matches – IV had 16 I think.

I LOVED that. Quick 5 to ten minute matches and everything stays fresh and you see a lot of people – fast-moving event – these 40 minute matches are ridiculous. Flair had one-hours but that was rare and it was special when it happened.

But I LOVE the way the early Manias were booked – Quick matches – one or two long ones, and by long I mean 10 to 15 minutes. Those NJPW matches are ridiculous.

Look- the stuff is fake and predetermined – why have to sit through 40 minutes for the result – what is this – kindergarten?

Those long matches are mental m*sturbation for smarks. NO, repeat, NO need for long matches like that.

One of the most iconic moments in wrestling history is a simple body slam – Hogan and Andre at WM3.

Why?

The set-up.

Food for Universe thought.

No one stood on their head on the turnbuckle in that one.

See how things have changed?

Creature_of_the_Night

WWE is garbage now – all vanilla midgets and bouncy guys. Boring no-personality little gymnasts like Fergal Devitt and Nakamura. WWE doesn’t have the Pipers and Warriors and Savages anymore, who were larger than life personalities. Now it’s all on long gymnastic matches that are boring and monotonous – WWE has no larger than life personalities anymore. WWE started going downhill when they went PG and alienated the old-schoolers like me. Don’t believe me? WWF and wCw used to combine for 10 million wrestling viewers on Mondays. Now WWE struggles for THREE million. ‘Nuff said.

Mike

Who in impact is larger than life currently? The answer is nobody. Its full of vanilla midgets and nobodys. Bouncy guys as well as the x division is there

Dabrasko

Well Matt and Jeff had larger than life personalities……

Creature_of_the_Night

Well, when you ask that, you can’t act like WWE and TNA/IMPACT are on level playing fields – Vince in essence, for worse, owns the industry, he can ultimately buy who he wants – so to have the same expectations for IMPACT as WWE is ridiculous.

WWE wanted nothing to do with the Hardys, then when he decided he wanted them back, after TNA helped them clean themselves up, Uncle Vince comes calling and that’s it.

SO that has to be kept in mind when youa sk such questions.

That said – I can see James Storm and Eli Drake and EC3 being larger than life – Lashley, and actually, Rosemary.

Creature_of_the_Night

That said, why is it when I ask about WWE and point out deficiencies, it is never acknowledged or even challenged ?- and it is always:

WELL, WELL, WELL….. What about TNA/IMPACT??????

It’s always deflected.

Because what I say is true about WWE.

All you can do is deflect.

Deflect to a company with a fraction of its budget and a channel with a fraction of USA’s reach.

That Guy

You wrote the book on boring and monotonous you troll. You should have a t shirt printed that reads: eat, sleep, whine about wwe, repeat. Marky mark mark mark.

Creature_of_the_Night

Long matches are boring.

Steamboat/Savage was 14 minutes at Wrestlemania 3, and it told more of a story than any one hour match.

Being long doesn’t mean it is any good.

Wrestling took a bad turn somewhere in what they emphasize.

Not the stuff I fell in love with.

Creature_of_the_Night

Shorter bloodier matches, with great edgy promos and more adult content.

That’s what it would take to appease me.

The Governor

Then why do you watch IMPACT?

That show has neither.

Creature_of_the_Night

They have more blood than WWE – more blade jobs – plus just the “feel” of the product is more old school – less glitzy. And more edgy.

I love Dutch Mantel and Jeff Jarret.

These Dixie haters are just hanging on, because all the things they hated the Dixie-TNA for is history – it’s a new day.

But the haters are hanging on – why? Because they worship WWE and still hate TNA/IMPACT and will no matter what – even though they said when Dixie lost power they would support the company again.

Their true colors are showing – something I always knew.

But yeah – IMPACT has some of the feel of the wrestling from the 80s, like Mid South and World Class.

WWE? I don’t even know what that is anymore – it’s like a PG carnival. No edge. Smarky cruiserweight crap.

Creature_of_the_Night

WWE isn’t the same.

The way WWE changed is the equivalent if the NFL banned tackling and then said, “well, things change. You have to accept it.”

Or if NASCAR switched to wooden go-karts.

Dabrasko

Yup…has nothing to do with decades of medical testing and science on brain trauma.

Dabrasko

Ps. NASCAR has also changed regulations for safety reasons.

Dabrasko

PPS. You’re still a
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Xoxo

Calvin

Both of these guys have “it”. I expect huge things from them in the future!